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      The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) is Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention.
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      As Missouri’s foundation for child abuse prevention, the Children’s Trust Fund’s (CTF’s) primary responsibility is to provide grants to community-based agencies and organizations throughout the state that focus on strengthening families and preventing child maltreatment.
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      As part of its mission, the Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) engages in public education campaigns to heighten the awareness and importance of child abuse and neglect prevention.
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      CTF believes in the preventative outcomes consistently demonstrated by high-quality, evidence-based home visiting services. Such services have consistently resulted in positive effects on children’s health, safety, and educational outcomes.
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      The human and economic costs of child abuse are substantial,
      but most of all, the act of child abuse is the ultimate injustice and should not be tolerated. With your commitment to prevention, together we can make a difference for our children…our future.

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CTF Board Awards Prevention Grants

by Paula | Aug 29, 2016 | CTF Partners, News, Programs and Grants

$2 Million Invested in Missouri to Strengthen Families & Prevent Child Abuse & Neglect! The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Board of Directors recently awarded over $1.7 million in funding for State Fiscal Year 2017 to support 88 different organizations throughout...

Hot, Cold or Otherwise…Never Leave Kids Alone in Cars!

by Paula | Jul 18, 2016 | News

Never Leave Kids Alone in Cars…Period! With extreme temperatures building across Missouri and much of the country, the Children’s Trust Fund reminds everyone to never leave a child alone in a vehicle. Missouri CTF’s ongoing Not Even For A Minute Campaign...

Children’s Mental Health Week May 1 – 7

by Paula | May 2, 2016 | News

Children’s Mental Health Week is a critical time to bring awareness to the mental health needs of children and youth in Missouri. Approximately 13–20 percent of children living in the United States experience a mental disorder in a given year. Poor outcomes for...

CTF Board Member Honored

by Paula | Apr 21, 2016 | News

Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) Board member Nanci A. Bobrow, Ph.D., St. Louis, was honored by Nurses For Newborns (NFN) on April 17, 2016 at the 18th Annual A Night for Newborns Dinner Auction presented by World Wide Technology, Inc. Dr. Bobrow is the 3rd...

Governor Appoints Wiseman to CTF Board

by Paula | Apr 19, 2016 | News

The Children’s Trust Fund welcomes Derek J. Wiseman, St. Louis, to the CTF Board of Directors. Wiseman was appointed by Governor Jay Nixon with the appointment confirmed by the Senate on April 14. Wiseman is an attorney with Husch Blackwell law firm in St....

2016 Missouri KIDS COUNT Data Book

by Paula | Apr 13, 2016 | News, Tools & Resources

The Family & Community Trust (FACT), recently released the 2016 Missouri KIDS COUNT Data Book documenting the status of children in all 114 Missouri counties and the City of St. Louis. The annual report is a collaborative project of FACT, the Annie E. Casey...